Building a hands-off HTPC/NAS

Building a hands-off HTPC/NAS

davemex
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davemex
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#46

2010-08-27, 16:18

GJones Wrote:External USB DVD drives are cheap.

Yes they are but since all of my media is already in digital format I have no reason for even making a $50 investment in the device. I was going to test it on my old machine to see how well it worked so I'd know if it would be a good solution for one of my parents that does have a significant collection they'd like to store.

I just wanted to make sure the concept worked seamlessly before recommending it (or I would be subjecting myself to the feared family "tech support" calls when the device failed to work as advertised- I'm sure you know how this goes!).

Anyways, it's Friday and I think that $50 would be much better invested in a decent bottle of scotch for the weekend! (ohh no, did I say that in a tech forum?!) Wink

Check out my new NAS/media server build here, my old media server here or my Atom/Ion 2 based XBMC HTPC here

http://www.somethingtangential.com

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Building a hands-off HTPC/NAS - by davemex - 2010-07-22, 13:21

[No subject] - by rbonon - 2010-07-22, 14:59

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-07-22, 16:21

[No subject] - by wazzer99 - 2010-07-22, 16:38

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-07-22, 18:50

[No subject] - by wazzer99 - 2010-07-22, 21:32

[No subject] - by poofyhairguy - 2010-07-24, 16:37

[No subject] - by Mike8913 - 2010-07-24, 19:23

[No subject] - by Raphael Barros - 2010-07-25, 19:53

[No subject] - by wazzer99 - 2010-07-26, 16:17

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-07-29, 21:31

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-07-30, 13:35

Great post!!! - by marcozd - 2010-07-30, 20:33

[No subject] - by Mike8913 - 2010-07-31, 18:41

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-02, 19:10

[No subject] - by zulemara - 2010-08-03, 07:23

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-03, 13:08

[No subject] - by tophe323 - 2010-08-03, 16:15

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-03, 16:29

[No subject] - by zulemara - 2010-08-03, 17:49

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-03, 18:10

Question about the SortTV script - by marcozd - 2010-08-03, 19:02

[No subject] - by zulemara - 2010-08-03, 19:36

[No subject] - by zulemara - 2010-08-03, 20:05

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-03, 20:13

About setting up torrentflux - by marcozd - 2010-08-04, 20:39

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-04, 20:53

[No subject] - by Mike8913 - 2010-08-04, 21:41

[No subject] - by bipolar - 2010-08-04, 22:43

[No subject] - by GJones - 2010-08-04, 23:21

[No subject] - by bipolar - 2010-08-04, 23:35

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-09, 20:18

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-09, 20:20

[No subject] - by I12crash - 2010-08-12, 02:17

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-12, 02:46

[No subject] - by bipolar - 2010-08-13, 22:59

[No subject] - by bipolar - 2010-08-13, 23:02

[No subject] - by I12crash - 2010-08-14, 16:29

[No subject] - by nickvda - 2010-08-15, 21:28

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-16, 15:59

[No subject] - by nickvda - 2010-08-16, 19:33

[No subject] - by nickvda - 2010-08-20, 20:53

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-20, 20:58

[No subject] - by nickvda - 2010-08-20, 23:30

[No subject] - by GJones - 2010-08-26, 20:29

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-08-27, 16:18

DO I need twonky Server? - by marcozd - 2010-09-20, 21:32

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-09-20, 21:44

ShowRSS Not working properly? - by marcozd - 2010-10-08, 20:44

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-10-08, 20:49

Another issue... - by marcozd - 2010-10-11, 18:14

[No subject] - by davemex - 2010-10-18, 01:09